Old Photographs Fishwives Wick Scotland

Old photograph of Fishwives in Wick, Scotland. The earliest harbour here began in 1803 under The British Fisheries Society, to exploit the huge seasonal herring fishing. Trade at Wick peaked around 1900 when some 1120 fishing boats were based here, and over two particularly busy days landed fifty million fish.

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Old Photograph Fishwives Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Fishwives in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Fish always formed a large part of the food of the people of the area, and, down to the early days of the nineteenth century, was almost the only meat the poorer classes could afford. Newhaven was the chief source of this supply. For centuries, before the days of railways, the fishwives of Newhaven travelled to their Edinburgh customers by Whiting Loan, through Broughton village and up Leith Wynd, where, they entered the High Street by the Netherbow Port.



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Old Photograph Fishwives East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Fishwives in the East Neuk of Fife of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Crofter Cottage Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter outside his cottage on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Within crofting townships, individual crofts were established on the best land, and a large area of lesser quality hill ground was shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing. Crofters also harvested Peat which was an important source of fuel. The women often spun and dyed wool as well as hand knitting and weaving. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Roots in Scotland.



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Old Photograph Spinningdale Sutherland Scotland

Old photograph of Spinningdale, Sutherland, Scotland. Spinningdale is possibly named from the Norse for round valley, and is a hamlet on the north shore of Dornoch Firth in eastern Sutherland, Scottish Highlands.



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